copy this: the ‘broken geometry of berber designs

We spotted this charmingly painted wall of a Berber house in Ouno’s great post about the beautiful “broken” geometry of Berber rugs from the Beni Ourain region. We were intitially inspired by the idea of chalking or painting an image/pattern like this on the side of ANY building – a sort of mental d-i-y fantasy – when we got blown away by this bit of text about the rugs, which applies to so much else.

“this semi-controlled disorder is said to function as a talisman against evil and as a promoter of fertility. But it also seems to emanate from the nomadic culture’s more general tolerance of uncertainty, nothingness and change.”

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It’s funny to see my own words quoted! I am glad you reminded me of this wall painting – I’d like to see more of that myself. I was just in India and found some Rajasthani textile designs that exhibit the same broken geometry – I’ll upload a photo soon.